Further detail: The plant next to coriander in the rosemary pot has a bushy main stem - lots of tiny hairs on it like sunflower stems have.

In your first pot on the left hand side .......appears to be a Tomato seedling. Hope this is helpful. To early to tell what the second pot holds.

Thanks rosco_pc but I can swear I didn't spot a tomato seed in the seeds from the packet that I first poured on to the palm of my hands and then sprinkled into the pot.

I'd say it was a tomato in the first pot too. Too early to tell about the second pot.

if you gently rub the tomato leaf ... it ought to smell like.. wait for it.. tomato ...

see link

ken

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DMG/Soil/sterile.htm

So if say this is tomato and that no other seeds sprout and the tiny sprout below the supposed tomato seedling in the photo dies then I have a tomato pot and should consider transplanting to a larger pot later on.

"if say this is tomato.." No if about it. Seedling tomatoes are an unknown quantity. It may turn out to be a good one but you won't know until it fruits.

In the second pot the very small seedlings with rounded leaves could well be your Thyme coming up.

Alright so good news about the thyme but a big question mark about rosemary.

Took this photo just now for detail.

And also this close up of the bushy stem it has.

Did someone mention it is a tomato? LOL

And is it just the power of suggestion or is that a tomato seed I see in the top pic just to the right and beyond the leaf at about 6 o'clock?

tj

A bit of information and a suggestion for future seed sowing:

Natural soil has seeds in it, most compost will have at least a few seeds that survived the heat unless you are really good at turning it often, and even used potting soil will have seeds in it that have dropped in when you were using it. When you treat a pot of unsterilized soil in such a way that seeds want to germinate, all those random seeds that are in the soil will germinate and grow, competing with the seeds you want to grow. Most of what is visible in all three of your pots (these two plus the one on your other thread) seem to be some of the random seeds.

In the future, get some good potting soil or at the very least sterilize what you will be using before planting in it. Your seed sowing will be more successful without all the competing weeds.

Yes...we don't need any further pictures. That's a tomato, tomato, tomato.

Rosemary is much trickier from seed than Thyme so it doesn't surprise me that you're having trouble with it. Just be patient and cross your fingers. It could be weeks before anything shows up - or it might never happen.

tsugajunkie z5 SE WI, no, that is not a tomato seed you see. That's actually a tiny peace of gravel or rock. That's the big mystery. I know what tomato seed look like and I have an eye for detail so I am sure that other than the coriander seeds being in the dirt there were nothing else in this soil.

Well in that case it's a miracle. Because that is definitely a tomato plant so unless you believe in spontaneous generation there must have been a tomato seed there whether you noticed it or not.

Alright so I have a knack for growing things that show dramatic change over a short period of time and considering rosemary is hard to germinate and/or takes a long time to germinate I'll use the coriander that's in there and let the tomato grow and then possibly transplant it outside in the lawn. What the heck i'll have tomatoes.

So this has been the progress of the rosemary pot. The tomato has grown significantly and there are two coriander seedlings too in there that I'll take out in a few days and add to some dish. Thenceforth it'll be a tomato pot since I'd like to keep this accidental tomato plant. One thing however is the mystery plant growing which I have marked in the photo below. I poured in rosemary seeds into this pot and this does not look like rosemary leaves. Could anybody identify what this plant could be?

P.S. The tiny seedlings in the other pot "thyme" pot are indeed thyme seedlings as I happened to tear a seedling while untangling the coriander leaf which gave off a strong and fresh thyme aroma so I'm very happy about that. Can't wait to start using it in dishes but must wit till the thyme plants are grown enough for that.

The new plant looks like a member of the Solanaceae. Given that you had tomato seeds in the mix the new one could be an Aubergine, aka Egg Plant.

You said you used home made compost. That is presumably where these plants are coming from, assuming you put vegetable waste on the compost heap.

I agree with floral that it looks like eggplant and that the seed arrived via your compost.

Hmm...now that is some Frankenstein plant pot with no sign of rosemary that I set out to grow. So what should I keep? I was going to keep the tomato before. Could somebody tell me which is easier to grow and take care of out of tomato and eggplant? and also could I keep either in this small pot or must transplant to a larger pot later?